Ion Pârcălab
Ion Pârcălab or - official spelling 1953-1993 - Ion Pîrcălab ( born November 5, 1941 in Bucharest ) is a former Romanian football player. The striker played a total of 315 games in the Romanian Divizia A and the French Division 1 as a national player, he participated in the 1964 Olympic Games.
Career as a player
Ion Pârcălab began his career in 1958 at UTA Arad when he aufrückte into the first team and on May 24, 1959 his first game in the highest Romanian league, the Divizia A (now League 1), denied. While he was initially used only irregularly, in the 1960/61 season he made his breakthrough when he was able to achieve ten goals.
In the summer of 1961 Pârcălab joined the Romanian giants Dinamo Bucharest. He was involved as the most successful Romanian team Dinamo -1960s and at that time was from 1962 to 1965 in 1964 and 1968, won four times in a row, the Romanian Championship and the Romanian Cup in years.
In 1970 arose for Pârcălab the opportunity to move abroad, where he joined the French Division 1 Olympique Nîmes. There he was in the 1971/72 season won the runner-up behind Olympique Marseille. In 1973 he ended his active career there.
National
Pârcălab played 38 games for the Romanian national football team, scoring five goals. He made his debut on 8 October 1961 friendly match against Turkey. He was initially used only sporadically, it was from 1963 a regular player. He stood in 1964 in Romania squad for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, where he was employed in five games and was able to achieve two goals.
His last international match played Pârcălab on November 6, 1968 in a friendly against world champions England.
Career as a coach
After the end of his active career Pârcălab worked as a trainer, but moreover managed mostly youth teams and was only at Gloria Buzău head coach of the first team.
Achievements
As a player
- Participants in the Olympic Games: 1964
- Romanian champion: 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
- Romanian runner-up: 1967, 1969
- Romanian Cup Winners: 1964, 1968
- French runners-up: 1972